For me I’d say these stood out- John Lockes dad taking his kidney

Walt being taken

Desmond and Jack having the conversation in Orientation in the jungle where they recognize eachother

John vs Jack at the end of Orientation “It’s never been easy!”

Michael and Ana Lucia and Libby

Desmond turns the key

“My names Sawyer too”

Not Penny’s boat/ WE HAVE TO GO BACK

Desmond and Penny phone call

The end when they all are together.

Hi, first time watcher up through middle of S3!

How did Ben know Henry Gale’s wife’s name was Jennifer if he didn’t know about the note on the $20 bill? The note didn’t mention anyone so it doesn’t seem like Henry had interacted with the others before his death.

It bothers me every time. Sayids whole thing is making it back to the love of his life who is a badass freedom fighter. He falls for Shannon? The exact type of American he’s spent his whole life probably having about as low an opinion as one can have of another type of person and they don’t even play that up. Has Sayid secretly wanted to be a yuppie his whole life? I actually think Shannon is a better character than Sayid who tends to be very one dimensional so I’m sad she dies off early but my god their romance scenes are some of the worst in the show.

So back in 2010 when we found out it would be the last season of Lost, my then bf (now husband) and I binged the whole show so that we could watch the finale live with the rest of the world. And by binged I mean we would pop the Netflix dvd into the Nintendo Wii that was hardwired to the internet router and stream it that way. Then I had to buy season 6 on iTunes. I was 23 when it ended and I remember being severely disappointed with the ending and upset that we had wasted so much time binging the show.

Well 8 weeks ago my husband meets up with a friend who is wearing a shirt that just says “4 8 15 16 23 42” and sends me a pic asking if I understand the reference. I replied “Of course, it’s from Lost. We should watch it again with (daughter) this time”. It was meant as a joke because we both thought we hated the show. Well that night he came home and put it on and my 12yo daughter was hooked from episode one. I was hooked too. Honestly the ONLY things that I remembered from my first rewatch were that >!Kate gets off the island with Aaron and Jin and Sun die in the sub!<. We just finally got to sit down tonight and watch the finale together. My daughter was confused about the flash backs in the flash sideways but understood it better than I did with my first watch once I explained it to her. All three of us were in tears when >!Claire and Charlie remembered each other!<.

I think I enjoyed the show much more this time because I finally understood season 6 and the ending, many thanks to Reddit. We did watch The New Man in Charge right after but I didn’t feel like I needed it.

I’ll give myself another few weeks to finish watching the other show that I’m catching up on (Grey’s Anatomy) but I think Lost has found it’s spot in my top 10 favorite shows and will be a yearly repeater. I can’t wait to go back and watch it again with all of the information fresh in my mind.

And, while I wasn't terribly thrilled with how they wrapped up the mysteries(Or rather, didnt), it was still a very enjoyable show. I'm immediately going into a rewatch.

And so I ask, what kind of things should I watch for as i go through again? What theories do you have on the assorted mysteries? Any good trivia? Give me the good shit as I dig through this sub.

Currently doing a re-watch and something about the Season 2 finale has been bugging me. During Ana Lucia and Libby's funeral, the survivors spot Desmond's sailboat. Presumably everyone is thrilled that they'd finally get rescued. Now we the audience know that they won't be able to get off this island and that Sayid needs the boat to sail around the island and Jack & the gang doing their Top Secret Mission to the Others, but the rest of the 35 or so NPCs don't know those things, and were not shown them receiving an explanation for who was on the boat, where it came from, and why it can't be used to sail way from the island immediately.

Wouldn't they be pissed? Hell, if I was one of those NPCs just itching to finally get away from the island and a miracle sailboat appeared out of thin air and then I was told that we actually can't immediately use it for rescue because the Main Gang need it for their Highly Important Top Secret mission first, I'd do something drastic. How did no one question this?? Surely there would have been massive confusion and anger at Jack and Sayid's actions in that moment. Just odd that this was never explained in the show!

I am currently watching Lost for the first time and just started season 4, where the whole "Not Penny's Boat" thingy is dividing the group. And somehow I dont really understand it, so maybe someone can explain this to me.

Why would the fact that it is not Pennys boat directly lead to the idea that the people on the boat might be hostiles? I mean it could be any other search boat as well? Why sould Penny be the only ones searching for the island or it's people? Just because it's not that one specific person that leading this search party doesnt mean anything. Maybe it was a random boat driving by or even a search for some other castaways...

Rewatching for the first time since it originally aired. This exchange made me chuckle. Jack and Kate bring Sawyer and Mr. Eko back to the bunker and Locke asks Jack 'what happened?' Jack not knowing yet and having to fix Sawyer and still processing all of it just tells Locke 'John, the button'.

Hey guys, I’m rewatching the show it’s my wife, we both watched it when we were terns. Rewatched it again and we are on our 3rd watch now. My question is: Is it covered anywhere where I could have missed how do the others do that whisper appearing and vanishing?

Ps I’ve marked it as spoiler because I’m not sure how else to mark it :)

Granted, there are some exceptions (Cooper and Keamy are clearly evil, Desmond and Rose are clearly good) but other than that, most characters feel less like one-dimensional plot devices to move the story forward, but more like complex, realistic people you can encounter and hang out with in real life.

1. Jack has his heart in the right place, but he is also a perfectionist who is obsessed with trying to save everyone even if he suffers as a result.
2. Locke at first seems to be a wise, badass mentor (like Yoda or Gandalf), but then he is revealed to be a mentally scarred man with low self-esteem who wants to find a purpose after surviving several tragedies in his life.
3. Sawyer starts out as rude asshole who was willing to selfishly ruin several innocent lives during his quest for revenge. By the time the show ends, he becomes more kind and sympathetic and he is even willing to sacrifice himself for the sake of his friends.
4. Kate, Charlie and Sayid were all troubled individuals who have done morally questioable things in the past, but over time they manged to grow and become better versions of themselves.
5. Ben Linus and Charles Widmore start out as Big Bads, but at the show progresses they become more nuanced and complex. They are not moustache twirling villains, but they all have understandable motives for what they do and in the end they even somewhat redeem themselves.
6. Jacob is portrayed at first as larger than life force of good and second coming of Jesus, but when he finally appears, he turns out to be a realistic human-good, but still flawed and not immune to making mistakes.
7. Even Man in Black, the show's main antagonist, is not another generic monster who is evil for the sake of being evil. When you find out about his backstory, you can understand his motivation and even feel sorry for him

Honestly, I appreciate the fact that Lost writers made sure that almost all characters, even supporting ones, were complex and realistic, rather than one-dimensional.

it took awhile but episode 7 hooked me and i finally care now

Sucks. Just can't stand him. He's obnoxious.

I've been rewatching the show and got curious about how the island's rulers — first the Dharma Initiative, then the Others — would have monitored and protected the island’s airspace, waters, and communications. They’d need a solid setup to track incoming planes, ships, and signals, but I didn’t actually see any radar installations in the show, which makes me wonder how they managed it.

Here’s what I’m thinking so far:

• Airspace Monitoring: Without visible radar equipment, it’s not clear how they would track incoming aircraft. Do you think Dharma or the Others had hidden radars or relied on visual lookouts to monitor the skies?
• Maritime Surveillance: The Looking Glass station seems like it could help track ships and subs, but I wonder if Dharma had additional methods, like sensor buoys or sonar. When the Others took over, would they have just patrolled the waters manually?
• Communications Monitoring (SIGINT): The Flame station seems central for communications. Could Dharma have used it for signals intelligence (SIGINT) to intercept or jam radio signals?

Any theories on how Dharma or the Others might’ve actually kept the island secure without obvious high-tech installations?

So I have been rewatching the whole show as part of the 20th anniversary, just got to LA X (part 1) and i just noticed the van is with them. Did the van travel through time with them?

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When Lost first aired I was hooked, I was one of those guys who was immediately on Lostpedia the moment I had finished the latest episode. Freeze framing shots and coming up with theories for every nuanced performance and inconsequential plot detail. I was and am unashamedly a Lostophile and remained so right through to the last episode.
I've never rewatched it in the 20 years since it aired, I knew it would never have that same impact on me again and wanted to wait until I could get that same sense of joy from a rewatch.

That was until this week. A friend of mine who swings by once a week or so agreed to watch it for the first time ever, they have somehow managed to avoid all spoilers other than "I think I saw there is a polar bear, and I saw a shot of two people looking down a hole" which in the grand scheme of things, if that's all they have had spoiled, oh boy are they in for a ride.
We watched Pilot: Part 1 on Wednesday and I got chills the whole episode, watching those little details again, Kate rubbing at her wrists, Locke looking blissfully contented, Charlie walking around in a daze through the carnage and his eyes lighting up at the plan to find the cockpit. All just wonderful, but the highlight? My friends reaction to the Monster (they have dubbed it the Train Dinosaur)
I remembered being there, I felt that visceral WTF moment once again and it was pure joy.
I've been thinking all week about those moments yet to come, and getting to see their reaction to them.
It's brought me right back to 20 years ago and I loved every second...

The only sad part is we will only get to watch one episode a week, so in some ways it will be a little too much like going back to when it first aired but at least I won't have to wait a year between seasons!
I'm going back baby, and not to Guam.

I’m tagging as a spoiler just in case. I finally started watching a couple weeks ago and I’m about halfway through season 4. I just wanted to say this Penny/Desmond story is brutal, it’s getting me right in the feels. I haven’t read through any posts because I don’t want to ruin anything but I can’t believe I never knew the show was sci-fi, it’s right up my alley. Really I just needed to get past the first episode but that’s what always stopped me in past years when I tried to watch.

Anyone else just torn up about Penny and Desmond? Their story is so heartbreaking and bittersweet. Can’t wait to finish the show and come back to read everyone’s opinions.

I remember a scene with the losties looking and seeing >!lockes!< body, but i don't remember what exactly they did with it, and where is >!Jack's dad's!< body this is really bugging me.

This man just fucking killed Locke, I know that Locke isnt actually dead but bro. Im so tired, can Locke PLEASE get a single happy moment? Please? Im so tired of him being used. Can we get a SINGLE happy John Locke moment during the final stretch of the season????? Please? Please? Ben was in my top 3 but thats done now. LOCKE PLEASE GET YOUR GET BACK BRO if that happens I will be the happiest person on this fucking planet. Someone reassure me that Locke will at LEAST get a happy moment (don’t actually I will see for myself)

Hey all

The Island is said to have a strong electromagnetic field, and there are high levels of electromagnetic radiation within the Island's heart.

But what is generating this radiation? It is definitely seperate from the light, because light (while still an electromagnetic wave) isn't harmful, and the radiation is.

So where is this field and the radiation coming form? And what is the energy pocket at the Swan?

In Season 5, Russo finds Jin washed up - and spends a considerable amount of time. Even when he flashes forward after the first meeting she remember him again before she shoots the father of her baby.

Why doesn’t she remember him when she meets him later - when Oceanic 815 crashes and she meets the others at the end of Season 1? I understand that Ben doesn’t remember that Sayid shot him, because Richard says he won’t “remember this” - but did I miss why Russo doesn’t remember Jin?

hello :)

I'm doing a cretive writing project for self amusement and wanted to ask for your opinions since everyone here is so knowledgeable.

If The Island still existed and a plane-load of people mysteriously crashed there today, what major things would be different this time, considering how different the world is now?

Would the island have local wifi / LAN now? Could the survivors use their smartphones to communicate with each other? (but not the outside world or course) (instead of walkie talkies like in the original show)
Would this make things more modern and interesting or it would it stray too much from what The Island is about?

Would the new survivors find some of the remnants of the Dharma stations we saw in the original show?
Which ones would remain and would they be operational?
I assume Hurley would've used his money to restore the important ones.
Maybe the people he employed to fix those stations became residents, and to the crash survivors they are like 'The Hostiles' or 'The Others'?

Would Hurley and Ben still be there after all this time? Would Walt be there?

Would there be any operational Dharma research still going on?
Why or why not?

If Walt is there, what powers or skills does he have? He was deemed 'special' by The Others, but in what way?
Would The Island have given him more powers?
Does that mean Walt might've replaced Hurley as the protector?

Could Hurley / Walt become the new Jacob, and Ben the new MiB?
I know Ben redeems himself at the end of the original show but what if he ends up going back to his old ways and stops following /obeying what The Island wants?
Or would you rather see someone else become 'the bad guy'?
(I'm basically envisioning that another battle between good and evil would occur that would warrant a new planeload of people crashing there.)

What else would be different for the new survivors in a 2024 version of a planecrash?